The game and the TV show doesn't talk about this, but one of the Johto
League gyms is on a small island just off the cost of Japan, and not
too far from Tokyo. Ash and his friends decided to stop there to get
supplies and to just take a break. Little did they know the
adventures they would run into today.
Here's the tale I talked about. It's not associated with the tales on
my site. I might remodify it to make it closer to those stories
later.